"E bass drone for a time before returning to E major. According to Nick Mason, the song's title originates from a possible hand in the game of mahjong, with which the band had become enamoured while touring. The song's lyrics refer to an eiderdown, better known in the U.S. as a ""comforter"". Two other known Pink Floyd songs make reference to an eiderdown, Syd Barrett's ""Flaming"" and Waters's ""Julia Dream"". In a review for the ""Meddle"" album, Jean-Charles Costa of ""Rolling Stone"" described ""A Pillow of Winds"", along with ""San Tropez"", as an ""ozone ballad"". He further described the two"
"game. The set included 301 cards available in both starter boxes and booster packs. Although Ally and Homeworld cards were only available in starter boxes, not all Ally cards were included in a given starter (i.e. Piter de Vries, Liscia Theirese), giving rise to the collectable/tradable game element. A small number of Promotional cards were also released to people requesting additional information about the game prior to Eye of the Storm's initial release. All of these cards have ""Preview"" on the left-hand side of the card face. When Five Rings was purchased by Wizards of the Coast later that year,"
"from the gem store as gifts for other players, a large balance update to the game's skills and traits, custom arenas for structure PvP, a new spectator mode and a new ability for players to master in WvW play. The next update was released on July 9, 2013, titled ""Bazaar of the Four Winds"". The largest new feature added in the update was an account-wide achievement system that allows players to unlock rewards based on how many achievement points have been earned. In addition, the update overhauled the achievement interface, introduced a new structured PvP map, and introduced a new"
"Castle of the Winds Castle of the Winds (also known as ""Castle of the Winds: Vanquish the Dark Forces"") is a tile-based roguelike video game for Microsoft Windows. It was developed by Rick Saada in 1989 and distributed by Epic MegaGames in 1993. The game was given around 1998 into the public domain and provided as Freeware download by the author. The game is composed of two parts: A Question of Vengeance, released as shareware, and Lifthransir's Bane, sold commercially. A combined license for both parts was also sold. The game differs from most roguelikes in a number of ways."
"unfortunate death. Sailing down the coasts of the Gold Sea, fighting feared buccaneers, sea monsters and mermaids alike, Tawni intends to claim her father's mantle as Axeoth's most feared pirate captain, all while having to face her own shady past. Two expansion packs were released for ""Heroes IV"": Heroes of Might and Magic IV: The Gathering Storm (2002) and Heroes of Might and Magic IV: Winds of War (2003), both for Microsoft Windows only. ""The Gathering Storm"" offers six campaigns, more than 20 maps, 16 additional artifacts, four new creatures, and a multiplayer update. Each of the first five campaigns"
"Rings of Power (video game) Rings of Power is an isometric role-playing video game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Electronic Arts for the Sega Genesis in 1991. The player takes on the role of a young sorcerer whose quest is to collect eleven rings and use them to remake a powerful weapon to defeat an evil god. A great battle was fought between the holy Nexus and the demonic Void — who battled over the Rod of Creation, which created the world of Ushka Bau. Their battle was so immense, the rod broke into two pieces, and both"
"popular items in their own right in North America, with some customers making and then cancelling preorders to get them. To avoid this issue in Europe, Nintendo released the item only in two-disc packages with ""The Wind Waker"". In May 2003, Nintendo bundled ""The Wind Waker"" with limited edition GameCubes in North America and Europe. On November 17 that year, Nintendo launched another promotion via a compilation disc, ""The Legend of Zelda Collector's Edition"". The disc includes ports of the original ""Legend of Zelda"", """", ""Ocarina of Time"", and ""Majora's Mask"", as well as a ""Wind Waker"" demo and two"
"Legend of the Burning Sands Legend of the Burning Sands (""LBS"") is an out-of-print collectible card game (CCG) published by Five Rings Publishing Group (FRPG, then a subsidiary of Wizards of the Coast) in July 1998. It was a spin-off from the earlier CCG ""Legend of the Five Rings"". ""Legend of the Burning Sands"" was set in the same fictional world as ""Legend of the Five Rings"", but with an Arabian setting rather than an Oriental one, with a few characters appearing in both games. Both games had similar mechanics and emphasized a continuing storyline. The first three ""Legend of"
"once a player's House accumulates 10 or more spice units and 10 or more Favor points. Dune (card game) Dune is an out-of-print collectible card game produced by Last Unicorn Games and Five Rings Publishing Group, and later Wizards of the Coast. Set in the ""Dune"" universe based on the books written by Frank Herbert, the game pits two or more players against each other, each in control of a minor house vying for entry in the Landsraad. Originally released in 1997 as ""Dune: Eye of the Storm"" by a partnership of Five Rings Publishing Group and Last Unicorn Games,"
"Nexus: The Kingdom of the Winds NEXUS: The Kingdom of the Winds (), alternately known as Nexus TK or simply Nexus, is a pay to play MMORPG, currently run in the US by Kru Interactive. Nexus began as a U.S. version of the Korean game 바람의 나라 (""Baramue Nara"", or simply Baram) developed by NEXON Inc. of Korea, and is loosely based on Korean mythology and on a series of graphic novels by an artist named Kim Jin. Development of Baram began in Korea in 1994 and the game was released on April 5, 1996. One year later, it also"
"War: Origins Collection"" had sold 711,737 copies worldwide. On August 28, 2012, ""God of War Collection"", ""God of War III"", and ""Origins Collection"" were released as part of the ""God of War Saga"" under Sony's line of PlayStation Collections for the PlayStation 3 in North America. As a pre-order bonus at select retailers, players received exclusive downloadable content (DLC) available via the PlayStation Network. The content included the original soundtrack, a ""Ghost of Sparta"" PSP XrossMediaBar (XMB) theme, a PS3 dynamic XMB theme (""Palace of Hades""), a PSN Avatar, a Legionnaire Skin for use in-game, and an exclusive documentary, ""God"
"Its interface is mouse-dependent, but supports keyboard shortcuts (such as 'g' to get an item). ""Castle of the Winds"" also allows the player to restore saved games after dying. The game favors the use of magic in combat, as spells are the only weapons that work from a distance. The player character automatically gains a spell with each experience level, and can permanently gain others using corresponding books, until all thirty spells available are learned. There are two opposing pairs of elements: cold vs. fire and lightning vs. acid/poison. Spells are divided into six categories: attack, defense, healing, movement, divination,"
"and miscellaneous. ""Castle of the Winds"" possesses an inventory system that limits a player's load based on weight and bulk, rather than by number of items. It allows the character to use different containers, including packs, belts, chests, and bags. Other items include weapons, armor, protective clothing, purses, and ornamental jewellery. Almost every item in the game can be normal, cursed, or enchanted, with curses and enchantments working in a manner similar to ""NetHack"". Although items do not break with use, they may already be broken or rusted when found. Most objects that the character currently carries can be renamed."
"wind and ice on the player's footing. A hidden room in the game will also give the player special items for each month of the year. Furthermore, 24 medals can be collected depending on how the eight Pseudoroids are defeated in battle. Gold, silver, and bronze medals can be received for each Pseudoroid depending on the difficulty of the task involved. Tasks sometimes include what attack or form the enemy is defeated with, what part of their body is attacked, or the amount of time they're defeated in. The game features a few unlockable mini-games. ""Quiz Advent"" requires the player"
"Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers is a video game based on the popular collectible card game , published by Wizards of the Coast. It was released on June 17, 2009. The core game follows the standard rules of the collectible card game """"; each player has a deck of cards consisting of lands and spells. Lands are used to generate ""mana,"" the resource needed to cast spells. Mana comes in five colors, and cards may require colored or generic (mana of any color) to be cast. Spells come in"
"lives. The game received favorable reviews and was re-released as part of Square Enix's ""Ultimate Hits"" label. The game gives the player a choice between Rue, an amnesiac boy who wants to resurrect his friend Claire, and Mint, a bratty and hyperactive princess of the East Heaven Kingdom who wants to control the world, as they search for the Dewprism, which is an artifact that can grant wishes. Rue's story is more somber and serious, whereas Mint's emphasizes humor. Rue has the power to transform into monsters he encounters and Mint acquires different colors and effects of magic that combine"
"sets of monsters, or the Godfests where the game's rarest God type monsters have increased payout. While these rare monsters can be obtained at any time from the Rare Egg Machine, there are monsters that can only be obtained during the Godfests. Pal Points are an additional form of currency found in the game, which is awarded for participating in dungeons with other players. These are spent at the Pal Egg Machine, which usually does not award the player rare monsters, unless there is an event to make some rarer monsters more readily available from the Pal Egg Machine. Coins,"
"to the playing-field view, except for scaling to fit on one screen. A simplified map view is available to improve performance on slower computers. The latter functionality also presents a cleaner display, as the aforementioned scaling routine does not always work correctly. Castle of the Winds Castle of the Winds (also known as ""Castle of the Winds: Vanquish the Dark Forces"") is a tile-based roguelike video game for Microsoft Windows. It was developed by Rick Saada in 1989 and distributed by Epic MegaGames in 1993. The game was given around 1998 into the public domain and provided as Freeware download"
"of six songs from the game; a 28-page book with artwork from the game as well as information intended to help the player with forming their party in the game; and a box that holds the game and the items. Players of the North American version were able to get five pieces of downloadable content for free during the first month following the game's release. Since the end of that period, the content is available for purchase for players who did not download it during the first month. The game has been mostly positively received, with an aggregate score of"
"PDF and print. while by Q3 2013 they had sold 11,711 units. Spirit of the Century Spirit of the Century is a pulp role-playing game published by Evil Hat Productions, and based on Evil Hat's ""FATE"" system. It is billed as a 'pick-up' game that can be played quickly, with little preparation. ""Spirit of the Century"" is a pulp action game. The gorilla in a biplane on the cover is one of the sample player characters. The game is set in the pulp era of the 1920s. Player characters are 'Centurions': 'potent individuals of action', born on the first day"
"1.2 million copies worldwide. Together with ""God of War: Chains of Olympus"", the game was released as part of the """" on September 13, 2011, in North America and September 16 in Europe. The collection is a remastered port of both games to the PlayStation 3, with features including high-definition resolution, stereoscopic 3D, anti-aliased graphics locked in at 60 frames per second, DualShock 3 vibration function, and Trophies. ""God of War: Origins Collection"" was also released to download on the PlayStation Store on September 13 in North America (including full game trials of both games). By June 2012, ""God of"
"Wind and Water: Puzzle Battles Wind and Water: Puzzle Battles (or ""W&W"") (, lit. ""Wu Xing Space-Time - Great Feng Shui War"") is an Independent developed commercial videogame developed by Yuan Works, a company based in Costa Rica. It is a puzzle game for the GP2X and Sega Dreamcast that combines strategy and action. As of January 31, 2011, the game is freely available for Windows. There are elements in the game: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water. Also, there are two special blocks: Wind and Void. Both of these special blocks have special interaction with the rest of the"
"sell for more Monster Points. These points can be spent at the special Monster Point Shop to buy Evolution Materials, Tamadras, Latent Tamadras, and other rare monsters unobtainable from the Rare Egg Machine. ""Puzzle & Dragons"" is also known for its collaboration events with several other video games and anime properties. During collaborations, Special Dungeons and special Collaboration Egg Machines are added to the game which contain monsters that can otherwise never be obtained again. The more common monsters won through the collaboration dungeons will possess the same skills as standard monsters, making them sought after for increasing monster skill"
"combat system, but now allows up to four players to play simultaneously. There are new maps, some of which contain multiple areas and moving sections. The sequel also features an entirely new arsenal of weapons, from futuristic handguns to gigantic mallets, and magic wands to vehicles. Players can collect these items in a special ""Adventure"" mode; they can then be traded at a special ""Item Shop"", or combined together to form new items. A remake of the two games was released for the PSP in 2006 under the name Power Stone Collection. This collection contains slightly updated versions of both"
"in some parts of Europe as Pokémon Memory Magic due to translation problems, and Europeans only could get the game by using points from Nintendo of Europe's loyalty program, or by buying the ""Pokémon Colosseum Mega Pack"". The game is essentially a storage system for the Game Boy Advance ""Pokémon"" games that allows players to trade and store Pokémon that they have caught in ""Ruby"", ""Sapphire"", ""Emerald, """"FireRed"", and ""LeafGreen"" onto a GameCube memory card. Players can then organize and interact with their Pokémon on the GameCube, such as allowing them to breed. Unique Pokémon can also be acquired. Another"
"Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 (referred to in shorthand as DotP 2013 or Magic 2013) is a video game based on the popular collectible card game , first published by Wizards of the Coast in 1993. The game was released on June 20, 2012 via Steam, Xbox Live Arcade, the PlayStation Network, and iPad, and is the third game in the """" series. The gameplay follows that of the original card game, however within a more restrained framework. It received mainly positive reviews and was number one"
"playing either of the previous two games before this one, though."" The game was ranked first in the PlayStation Network sales chart for June 2012. Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 (referred to in shorthand as DotP 2013 or Magic 2013) is a video game based on the popular collectible card game , first published by Wizards of the Coast in 1993. The game was released on June 20, 2012 via Steam, Xbox Live Arcade, the PlayStation Network, and iPad, and is the third game in the """""
"game. Dune: Chronicles of the Imperium Dune: Chronicles of the Imperium is a role-playing game published by Last Unicorn Games in 2000. Brian Herbert entered into negotiations with Last Unicorn Games (LUG) that got LUG a 1996 license to the ""Dune"" novels, and they soon completed the design of their ""Dune Collectible Card Game"" (1997), which was developed and published by Five Rings Publishing Group. LUG finished work on a ""Dune"" role-playing game, but the game was not printed due to legal disputes over the Herbert license. When Wizards of the Coast acquired LUG, they agreed as part of the"
"features an alternative script that differs from the original English translation. This version contains all the additional modes from the WiiWare version, a remastered soundtrack, as well as the option to toggle the style of graphics between the classic style and that of the WiiWare version and the music of the original game, the WiiWare port, or the 3DS update. It also features an exclusive 'Wind Fortress' level. Recently the game got an update that added exclusive Machine Gun Challenge. The game was included as a bonus game in the Humble Indie Bundle 4 sale in December 2011, Humble Bundle"
"twelve expansion sets. Wizards of the Coast produced """" (now called ""Vampire: The Eternal Struggle""), a game about modern-day vampires. Other similar games included trading card games based on ""Star Trek"" and ""Star Wars"". ""Magic"" is often cited as an example of a 1990s collecting fad, though the game's makers were able to overcome the bubble traditionally associated with collecting fads. The success of the initial edition prompted a reissue later in 1993, along with expansions to the game. """" was released as the first in December 1993. New expansions and revisions of the base game (""Core Sets"") have since"
"present at the start of the battle), and spirits must be re-summoned per combo use. This system allows the player to interact with the Game Boy Advance's multiplayer link. The first option, , allows players to exchange main characters to acquire new spells. For instance, exchanging between a wind elemental main character and a sound elemental one will allow the wind elemental character to learn a sound elemental spell, and vice versa. Magic learned in this way can be strengthened with experience like all other spells from the beginning of the game. Each player can also receive ""special"" spell data,"
"was advertised as ""Doomtown: The Legend of Caine County"". Before the first set was released, Wizards of the Coast acquired Doomtown when they purchased Five Rings Publishing (as part of the TSR buyout), who had been developing the game. The game was an instant success: Doomtown won the 1998 Origins Awards for Best Trading Card Game and Best Graphic Presentation of a Card Game. WotC produced the initial run of “episodes” (a series of smaller expansions under the FRP's Rolling Thunder distribution model of frequent small expansions), Pine Box Edition (a more traditional base set that heralded the game moving"
"is possible to get more Egg Rings after your first completion so that all four heroes wear one. ""Lufia: The Ruins of Lore"" takes place 20 years after the events of ""Lufia II"". After the defeat of the Sinistrals by Maxim, the world has enjoyed a season of relative peace. However, this is threatened when the Kingdom of Gratze, a growing military superpower, allies itself with a mysterious man named Ragule and declared war on its bordering nations. Their primary goal is to scour the world in search of a powerful monster known simply as ""The Beast"", that, once under"